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Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles and militarizes the Rhineland
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France, Great Britain, and Italy try to appease Hitler and he takes over the Sudetenland.
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Germany invades Poland
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Battle between the allies and Germany.
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Hitler believed that once Moscow had been cut out of Russia, the whole nation would collapse.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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US and Phillipine troops were forced to march 65 miles. It took them 5 days
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16 American bombers attack Tokyo in attempt of revenge from Pearl Harbor
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If Japanese had succeeded at Coral Sea, the way would have been open for the Japanese to have captured New Guinea and leave Australia isolated from allied help and more open to a Japanese attack. Was fought entirely by planes.
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Effectively destroyed Japan's naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers.
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The bloodiest battle in modern history. With combined casualties estimated at over 1,530,000 killed, wounded or captured
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Most brutal battle in marine history. Designed to seize a Japanese airfield in Betio.
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Allies fight Germans in France
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Last great carrier battle of WWII which eliminated the Japanese navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier actions.
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Allies set Paris free from Germany and take over
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Germans create a bulge formation in Allied lines and attack near the Ardennes
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The capture of Okinawa was part of a three point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the East.
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Victory in Europe; war in Europe is over
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The first city to ever by hit by an atomic bomb
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Japan unconditionally surrendurs to Allied forces
